CATALOGUE OF SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS Onestop access to review
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CATALOGUE OF SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS One-stop access to review, sort, and compare over 100 surveillance systems relevant to childhood obesity research and the evaluation of policy and environmental interventions • All offer publicly available data collected within the past 10 years in the U. S. • Includes systems that contain data for evaluating policy and environmental interventions • Great resource for teaching and for students • Video overview of features and how to use • Updated annually • Makes manuscript development easier Find the catalogue at www. nccor. org/css
MEASURES REGISTRY Searchable database of articles on diet and physical activity measures relevant to childhood obesity research • Search for existing measures and measures in development and details about how to use them • Includes information on validity, reliability, protocols on use, settings, geographic areas, populations • Supports manuscript development, reports, and grant applications • Great resource for teaching and for students • Video overview of features and how to use • Updated regularly Find the Registry at www. nccor. org/measures
MEASURES REGISTRY USER GUIDES Four User Guides explain measurement, discuss measure selection, and present “how-to” case studies • Provide guidance for choosing the most appropriate measure for a research question or evaluation project • Include key considerations for measurement, selecting measures, collecting, and analyzing data • Help move the field forward by fostering more consistent use of measures • Case studies illustrate considerations influencing selection of the most appropriate method given the study aims • Slide decks available for faculty and student use Find the User Guides at www. nccor. org/mruserguides
YOUTH COMPENDIUM OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES Searchable tool of 196 common activities and the estimated energy cost associated with each activity • Provides energy costs for sedentary activities, standing, household chores, playing in games and sports, walking and running • Reports energy expenditure levels in youth METs; a youth MET (METy) is a MET that has been adjusted to account for the unique physiological characteristics of children and adolescents • For use by researchers, health care professionals, teachers and coaches, fitness professionals, and more • Use for research, public health policy making, education, and interventions to encourage physical activity in youth • Represents group-level estimates for energy Find the youth compendium at www. nccor. org/youthcompendium expenditure